yes you are correct, its the pansy European type where people fall all the time without even being hit. wonderful game, though the little girls who play it need to man up and stop falling at the drop of a hat. in real football they only stop the game if you are injured and can not play. in soccer they stop the game for breaking a nail, or split ends in their pretty hair.

You know, I actually agree with this, and I am a HUGE fan of European Football, well for my team anyway... I hate what the sport has become in the higher tiers (Premier League, Champions League, you know the stuff). It's all about money and FIFA(the ruling organisation) is corrupt to the core. I hate what has become of the game and I also hate how if you're not a 'big club' no-one gives a damn. There's no passion left for the game in the higher tiers, only who has the most money, and who can buy their way to success (Manchester City...)
I'd rather buy my season ticket and watch my team play for the club in League One, then go watch the over paid and over rated teams in the Premier League who play for the money...

I don't agree with johnecash on this one (rare occasion) i believe more people have died playing soccer than American football so i wouldn't call it a pansy game. All you have in soccer is shinguards while in the NFL they have loads of protection. Anyways i also hate how they just care about money but i like lol'ing at teams that spend a lot of money (Manchester City) and only manage to win the FA Cup

Actually, the FA cup is the 2nd best trophy you can win in the English (and now part Welsh, dammit Swansea) leagues. Hence, the title 'winning the double' - The Premier League trophy (or the equivalent, from before the Premier League was formed) and the FA cup. Which I might add Preston North End were the first to do ;)

My bad i didn't know the FA Cup was that prestigious seeing as how big teams don't really pay attention to it, they hardly ever use their best squads in those games, you know what i mean, come on seriously Stoke City in the final. Ahem anyways it's still a fail that with all that money they couldn't really contest the Premier League

The first like 10 minutes ManU looked like they would score, Barcelona looked scared and nervous and what not. The rest of the game well Barcelona had like 70% possession, the score was 3-1 but don't let it fool you it was actually closer than that the 1st and 2nd goals were a fluke to me they looked very blockable

Are you talking about the pansy American game where people wear full body armour and just run into one another? Yeah, that definitely sounds like a game the Yanks would play. Football isn't just about power and speed; it's about skill in a variety of areas, ball control, aerial ability, and the capacity to conjure a goal from nothing.

MalverdeAl100, most deaths from soccer occur by accidental (not even joking) kicks. Second leading reason is due to fan and opposing fan attacks. Case in point, fans swarming the fields.

And Futbol is a good sport, but i agree with johnny about American Football being a bit more harsh. I have seen a futbol game where a guy sprained is hand (not sure how) and sat the game out. Where in retrospect, I have seen an American Football player play through a torn ligament, then get called out FORCIBLY after breaking a rib. Futbol takes skill, but Football takes skill AND steel. And to make a point of the 'padded armor', if they are still taking those hits and breaking things, imagine how many more would be dead or incapacitated for the rest of their lives without it. No one should be excited to watch a sports player die. Padding is smart, not 'for pussies'.

a warrior wears armor. from swat teams to foot ball players. yes we do run into each other every play of every game. its called a contact sport. when soccer players run into each other they fall down and cry. i am sorry but real men don't fall down for nothing, but soccer players do.

i will never understand the padding is for pussies argument. swat, special forces, fire men, bomb squad disposal, hockey players all wear some sort of protection. that argument is week at best and fully ignorant of life at worst.

Have you even seen, let alone played rugby? There's technique left, right and centre. Coincidentally, S.W.A.T. teams wear armour because bullets may be involved. I live to the see the day someone whips out an assault rifle during a football match of any variation.

who is talking about rugby? yes it is true the majority of rugby players could not play in the NFL. coincidentally, very good in identifying one of the reasons SWAT wears armor but if you don't know why the others need protection as well, you don't reach the intellectual requirements that i have for conversation. do you think armor is only for bullets? i had higher expectations of you.

can we just drop this argument, i've heard it a thousand times before and all you're really trying to do is claim your country is harder and better than the others and i'm really getting tired of it all.

nope, here just letting the young one know that soccer is not a contact sport. in any given 5 second span of foot ball more people are hitting each other more than most soccer teams will in a full season. rugby is a wonderful sport and they do hit a lot. the hits are not the same type as the NFL.

i do personally think that soccer nowadays is full of pretentious sissies that care more about their advertising contract with Gillette and messing up their $200 hairdo than playing an alright sport, if played properly

Hey, first I would like to say I am a soccer player, a goalie in fact. I have run into plenty of people. I do not cry. I put people into the hospital. So, I would like to give you a serving of knowledge to go with your ignorance, sir.

I never said padding is for pussies and i've yet to watch a football game that like johne said gets stopped because a player broke a nail or because they got split ends in their pretty hair. Besides football is non-stop running back and forth except for half-time with the SAME 11 players, they don't have a team for offense and defense. Also for that part that johne said about the NFL not stopping unless someone is injured and can't play, whatever man they stop all the time after like 2-3 plays and go to commercials all the time

I love being Canadian, just like Americans love being Americans, the British love being British, and the Japanese love Godzilla! The point isn't who's country is better, it's about taking pride in the country your from...that and the Japanese love Godzilla!